Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the strike , British Coal was free to reduce its workforce from 221,000 to below 100,000 ( June 1989 ) , but was producing almost the same quantity of coal because of a 60 per cent increase in productivity ( Figure 5.6A ) . |
| 2 | And then the whole thing swivelled round in my head , and I was looking down the same chimney from the top , and nothing was about to stop me falling down it . |
| 3 | She was expressing much the same sentiments as Bob Boothby had expressed in his last letter to me , and which I have heard other old people express too . |
| 4 | Anyway , apparently , he was told exactly the same thing as I was told |
| 5 | Donald Trelford , editor of the Observer , was told much the same thing by Gaddafi in a further interview a month or so later . |
| 6 | Was getting down the same as getting up and could you do it in platforms and slingbacks ? |
| 7 | Was getting down the same as getting up and could you do it in platforms and slingbacks ? |
| 8 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 9 | Developed socialism , nonetheless , did not subsequently figure in the General Secretary 's speeches or in party documents , and it was replaced later the same year by the term ‘ developing socialism ’ ( razvivayushchiisya sotsializm ) , implying a still earlier stage in the transition towards the communist society of the future . |
| 10 | After many months of careful observation he realized that he was doing exactly the same thing while talking , but to a much lesser extent , and that was why his speaking habits had gone undetected . |
| 11 | Now a TODAY investigation shows that Phillip Levy was doing exactly the same . |
| 12 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 13 | Jamie was doing exactly the same . |
| 14 | I was doing exactly the same . |
| 15 | ‘ At the same time , in the back of my mind , there was the thought that , actually , I had a distant connection who was doing just the same thing . ’ |
| 16 | Hogarth was doing much the same thing , though for the less fashion-conscious end of the market . |
| 17 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |
| 18 | When he arrived he was doing much the same thing since he was n't as naïve about the values of the secret world as she assumed : assuring himself there was nothing to suspect and being careful not to find any signs of it . |
| 19 | With eights and nines off his card , he was making mostly the same numbers as everyone else , just in a different way and order . |
| 20 | The Treaty of Canterbury was signed later the same month and included among its provisions of the establishment of an Intergovernmental Commission to monitor the execution of the concession , and a Safety Authority which advises the Commission on all safety matters relating to the construction and operation of the Tunnel . |
| 21 | In fact the Save-A-Can skip was emptied later the same day so the service to customers was maintained . |
| 22 | Next day , as Ginger was ridden down the same road , he saw that the bins were still there . |
| 23 | Everybody was dressed exactly the same . |
| 24 | More , she felt that Ven was feeling rather the same himself ! |
| 25 | He was rushed to hospital on the day of the crash with his wife Ethel and young granddaughter , both passengers in the car , was released later the same day after receiving three stitches to a head wound . |